regurgitate

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To throw up or vomit

   To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed.

2. 2

   To cough up from the gut to feed its young, as an animal or bird does.

   • The young gulls were fed by their mother’s regurgitated food.
3. 3

   To repeat (information) verbatim or by rote, typically after learning it without actual…

   To repeat (information) verbatim or by rote, typically after learning it without actual comprehension.

   • The fact that ChatGPT rephrases material from the Web instead of quoting it word for word makes it seem like a student expressing ideas in her own words, rather than simply regurgitating what she’s read[…]
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   1. 4

      To be thrown or poured back

      To be thrown or poured back; to rush or surge back.

      • Food may regurgitate from the stomach into the mouth.
   2. 5

      Something regurgitated

      Something regurgitated; regurgitated matter.

      • However, the growing prevalence of plastics in some areas means these can be difficult for albatrosses to distinguish, leading to accidental ingestion. These may then accumulate in the gut or be passed to offspring through regurgitates.

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• synonymbe sick
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• synonymcast up one's accounts
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• antonymdefecate
• antonymingest
• neighbornauseated